Princeton Field Hockey to Meet Wake Forest in NCAA First Round

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The sixth-ranked Princeton
field hockey team learned it would face 13th-ranked Wake Forest in
the opening round of the 2010 NCAA Field Hockey Tournament when the
tournament field was announced on Tuesday night. Princeton is in
the regional hosted by the tournament's third seed, Virginia. The
Tigers will play Wake Forest at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13.

Princeton is currently 13-4 overall on the season and has been
ranked between third and sixth in the NFHCA Coaches Poll all
season. Princeton has also ranked high in the RPI throughout the
season. Princeton was a perfect 7-0 in the Ivy League and ran the
Ivy table for the third season in a row to earn the League's
automatic bid to the NCAA tournament field.

Princeton will meet Wake Forest in the opening round of the NCAA
tournament in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The
other game taking place in Charlottesville pits third-ranked
Virginia against 11th-ranked Michigan State.

The Tigers are making their 15th trip to the NCAA tournament and
are 17-14 overall. Princeton has reached the NCAA quarterfinals in
each of the last two seasons and advanced to the semifinals a
season ago.

Princeton was 2-4 against tournament teams this season, earning
wins over the tournament's top seed Maryland and its fourth seed
Syracuse. Connecticut, American, Penn State and Virginia defeated
Princeton. Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Penn State are
the tournament's four host sites.